Adult All-in-One Course: Book 3

Alfred's Adult All-in-One Course #3

by Willard A. Palmer

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, technic, and additional repertoire in a convenient, "all-in-one" format. This comprehensive course features written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts, a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles.

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction

144 pages, Plastic Comb

First published June 1, 1996

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

I went through all three Alfred Adult All-in-Ones over the past couple years. The first two were very good, I thought. The third one is a fucking mess. Once you're at this point you should probably know the scales so most of the theory was unnecessary. The music selection was terrible. And most egregious of all, Willard A. Palmer is a terrible composer and kept putting his music in the book. Skip it and work on music you actually like at this point. Not a fan.

[Rory Armstrong · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest I have skipped a lot of this book because at this stage it wasn't really teaching me anything new.

The 'Ambitous' pieces at the end are excellent though and will be something to work on for some time. However besides that, if you have completed level 2 you could probably not bother with level 3 and find another book more suitable to your current skill / knowledge level.